Just returned from a Saturday brunch with operatives from WH, DNC, and CAP. There were some from NYT and NPR.

It is a riot out there. We all are just dying for the 2nd term. The GOP obsession with Newt/Perry is killing everyone. We just cannot wait for the first 100-days of the 2nd term.

GOP: Thanks a million for rejecting Romney. He is so bad that even we do not want him as your nominee. We also do not want to see Bobby Jindal as his VP choice. We love Newt. We love Perry. Can you give us what we love?

No snow here. I wish it would snow because it would actually warm up! It is too cold to snow.

The ground is frozen to 6 inches deep. My husband had to rent a jack hammer yesterday to break up the ground so he could use his backhoe to dig a trench for some broken waterlines that had to be replaced.

Meade: If you are ever so fortunate, Glenn Reynolds is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.

I had the good fortune to have Prof. Reynolds as a law school professor, and he was great. (looking him up was what turned me onto blogs, and led me here). Now that I'm back in Knoxville, I keep hoping that Meadehouse will have another one of their cross-country-meet-the-commenters-tours so I'll have an excuse to come have dinner with them and the Prof. Reynolds.